Touchy, touchy! It's a joke that is quite common here, you stupid fuck.
Respect *just* for porting to Linux? Why?
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As bloated and useless as it is, you have to respect Real for being one of the first major companies to release their software for Linux.
Why? I mean really, why? "Ooooooo, it works on Linix. Ahhhhhhhh..." Sorry, but Real is a real piece of shit, and they will have to do a lot more than port it to Linux to win "real" respect.
linking to a 10+ page site full of photos on angelfire? yeah, that'll last long...
Naaa, this is Slashdot. The story has nothing to do with games, SCO, the latest video card benchmark, or esoteric science. Therefor, it should last fairly well.
It's not quite "put-up-or-shut-up" for SCO. You see, there are some directions in the ruling for IBM as well (apparently not relevant to the story here at Slashdot). For example, under the heading "IBM", the ruling also says that SCO made a "good faith effort" to comply with the Court's prior order, and so the Court removed the discovery stay that it had previously ordered. There are quite a few things that the Court has ordered IBM to now turn over to SCO, such as certain releases of AIX and Dynix that SCO had requested. Actually, IBM is being told to turn quite a bit over to SCO, it's not really a "win" either way.
If run the search like so, it returns the results just fine. In my opinion, this is just a flaw in their search technology. But I suppose Slashdot readers don't really want to hear this...
SCO can lose the case and we (fans of open-source software) could still lose badly because of their PR campaign.
One day, perhaps the Earth will plummet into the Sun after a large asteroid hits us. But just as it is pretty clear that SCO's "PR campaign" is having little negative effect on Open Source, the Earth-Sun scenario is not likely, neither is SCO "fud" going to have much of an effect on Open Source. But if SCO does win, bad things will happen.
SCO has filed suit against DaimlerChrysler for not responding to letters sent to Unix licencees demanding they perform a software audit proving they are complying with the confidentiality provisions and other terms of the software licence.
SCO is seeking an injunction to bar DaimlerChrysler from further violations of that licence, to fix past violations and be awarded damages to be decided in court as well as costs.
However, the violation in question is simply that of not responding to the audit request, rather than any misappropriation of trade secrets or use of Linux as with other litigation SCO is pursuing.
Sorry, but I don't really give a rats ass if SCO wins or loses any of these lawsuits.
Well you should, if as you say you care "what the rest of the public thinks about Linux". If SCO wins, neither you nor very many people at all will be using Linux for awhile. Pull your head out of your ass and stop blathering. If SCO wins, they will, as you say, "destroy the public perception of free-software and Linux." Therefor, you should care if SCO wins or loses.
Not to state the obvious but the court of public opinion here is just as important (if not more so?) then the courts of law.
No, I don't think so. "The court of public opinion" does not ware a black robe with "Judge" embroidered on it. The Judge, if he / she is worth 10 cents of what it cost to go to law school, will consider the facts, not "the court of public opinion." In either case, SCO will lose, and bad.
Interestingly, he specializes in personal injury and employment law. From his bio: "Jim's experience covers a broad spectrum in litigation. He litigates personal injury actions...". Does this make him an ambulance chaser, or just a bit inexperienced to deal with IP / News Media / Libel issues?
In a surprise turn of events, SCO says that they need more time to prepare an announcement of who they are going to sue.
I hope this is a joke, I mean a suprise??? The announcement did exactly what SCO et al intended, it turned around their falling stock price just prior to a quarterly finantial announcment. Just more FUD.
Too bad there's no Open Source voting company that can put Diebold in their place.
... and... Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2002; B.S. Comp Sci Dartmouth 1999
There you go, Harvard guy! You got the bonifieds and background, go for it. It's a great idea.
The tragic part is that this has very little, if anything, to do with Windows (although I understand much of the code is VisualBasic 6.0), and everything to do with simple crappy code. Really, I think it would be quite easy to program secure code in whatever M$ language these things use.
What's really quite disturbing is that the unreliability of these voting systems has been well covered in the mainstream press, not just the left-wing open source communist web blogs, yet the voting officials still have no clue or interest in considering the liabilities of using these systems. It just defies reason, and makes me lean ever closer to my paranoia / tinfoil hat and wonder about payola.
If you buy an album, you own it. Period. You can do whatever the fuck you want with it. Period. It is yours.Are you sure? Can you sample it and produce a new work, broadcast it on the radio, make 10,000 copies and give them to your friends, put it on a P2P network? I think there is some question about these activities...
..but I am entirely uninterested in NOT owning my music.
Well, I'm sorry, but you don't own your music unless you made it. What you do own is a copy of the music and a license to listen to it under certain conditions specified by the copyright owner. This includes all that vinyl (you do know what "vinyl" is, right?) and your CD collection as well.
...goes around. I'm sure when spam block become so vicious that ISP's like this are blocked off they will either go under or change their mind
I think it's pretty much been proven that this is wishful thinking. When a provider starts blocking large stretches of IP blocks owned by a particular ISP like UUNet, average users scream bloody murder. My prediction is UUNet will do nothing, and nothing will happen to UUNet. Sad but true.
Well, the carrot has to be proportional to the stick. In our case, I don't think we'd be able to distinguish your "presents" from those left by the five horses, five dogs plus strays, four cats plus suitors, and the occasional duck.
Oh, it's pretty intense stuff, hazardous material teams have been called out before. And, I use a mechanical device to propel it to the target, sort of like a potato gun. Besides, like SCO, I'll be back over and over again until the side of your horse barn rots away.
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Touchy, touchy! It's a joke that is quite common here, you stupid fuck.
Why? I mean really, why? "Ooooooo, it works on Linix. Ahhhhhhhh..." Sorry, but Real is a real piece of shit, and they will have to do a lot more than port it to Linux to win "real" respect.
How's that? You know Slashdotters don't read the articles...
Naaa, this is Slashdot. The story has nothing to do with games, SCO, the latest video card benchmark, or esoteric science. Therefor, it should last fairly well.
It's not quite "put-up-or-shut-up" for SCO. You see, there are some directions in the ruling for IBM as well (apparently not relevant to the story here at Slashdot). For example, under the heading "IBM", the ruling also says that SCO made a "good faith effort" to comply with the Court's prior order, and so the Court removed the discovery stay that it had previously ordered. There are quite a few things that the Court has ordered IBM to now turn over to SCO, such as certain releases of AIX and Dynix that SCO had requested. Actually, IBM is being told to turn quite a bit over to SCO, it's not really a "win" either way.
There, They're, Their
There -- "Over there! That thing!"
They're -- "They're over there doing that thing!"
Their -- "They're over there doing that thing with their thing!"
Took me less than a minute to do this...
What blows me away is that any woman would "come on" to Ron Jeremy at all!
One day, perhaps the Earth will plummet into the Sun after a large asteroid hits us. But just as it is pretty clear that SCO's "PR campaign" is having little negative effect on Open Source, the Earth-Sun scenario is not likely, neither is SCO "fud" going to have much of an effect on Open Source. But if SCO does win, bad things will happen.
SCO has filed suit against DaimlerChrysler for not responding to letters sent to Unix licencees demanding they perform a software audit proving they are complying with the confidentiality provisions and other terms of the software licence.
SCO is seeking an injunction to bar DaimlerChrysler from further violations of that licence, to fix past violations and be awarded damages to be decided in court as well as costs.
However, the violation in question is simply that of not responding to the audit request, rather than any misappropriation of trade secrets or use of Linux as with other litigation SCO is pursuing.
Well you should, if as you say you care "what the rest of the public thinks about Linux". If SCO wins, neither you nor very many people at all will be using Linux for awhile. Pull your head out of your ass and stop blathering. If SCO wins, they will, as you say, "destroy the public perception of free-software and Linux." Therefor, you should care if SCO wins or loses.
Maybe on the web server they are running Solaris, but according to Red Hat, they have been running RH "in the enterprise" since 1999.
No, I don't think so. "The court of public opinion" does not ware a black robe with "Judge" embroidered on it. The Judge, if he / she is worth 10 cents of what it cost to go to law school, will consider the facts, not "the court of public opinion." In either case, SCO will lose, and bad.
Interestingly, he specializes in personal injury and employment law. From his bio: "Jim's experience covers a broad spectrum in litigation. He litigates personal injury actions...". Does this make him an ambulance chaser, or just a bit inexperienced to deal with IP / News Media / Libel issues?
Is there some sort of hidden relationship between SCO and Infinium Labs? They seem to have a lot of common business practices.
I hope this is a joke, I mean a suprise??? The announcement did exactly what SCO et al intended, it turned around their falling stock price just prior to a quarterly finantial announcment. Just more FUD.
There you go, Harvard guy! You got the bonifieds and background, go for it. It's a great idea.
Well, sure, maybe an embedded Linux of some kind, but then Diebold would have to hire real programmers...
The tragic part is that this has very little, if anything, to do with Windows (although I understand much of the code is VisualBasic 6.0), and everything to do with simple crappy code. Really, I think it would be quite easy to program secure code in whatever M$ language these things use.
What's really quite disturbing is that the unreliability of these voting systems has been well covered in the mainstream press, not just the left-wing open source communist web blogs, yet the voting officials still have no clue or interest in considering the liabilities of using these systems. It just defies reason, and makes me lean ever closer to my paranoia / tinfoil hat and wonder about payola.
If you buy an album, you own it. Period. You can do whatever the fuck you want with it. Period. It is yours.Are you sure? Can you sample it and produce a new work, broadcast it on the radio, make 10,000 copies and give them to your friends, put it on a P2P network? I think there is some question about these activities...
Well, I'm sorry, but you don't own your music unless you made it. What you do own is a copy of the music and a license to listen to it under certain conditions specified by the copyright owner. This includes all that vinyl (you do know what "vinyl" is, right?) and your CD collection as well.
I think it's pretty much been proven that this is wishful thinking. When a provider starts blocking large stretches of IP blocks owned by a particular ISP like UUNet, average users scream bloody murder. My prediction is UUNet will do nothing, and nothing will happen to UUNet. Sad but true.
Oh, it's pretty intense stuff, hazardous material teams have been called out before. And, I use a mechanical device to propel it to the target, sort of like a potato gun. Besides, like SCO, I'll be back over and over again until the side of your horse barn rots away.
You haven't seen it rolled into your fees...YET.